Silence pledged in Fontenot case

No gag order is issued, testimony to be reviewed

8:19 AM,
Mar. 29, 2013

Seth Fontenot

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Attorneys in the Seth Fontenot murder case won't be subject to a gag order, but have pledged not to talk publicly about the matter outside court.

Fontenot's lawyer, Thomas E. Guilbeau, of Lafayette, and Assistant District Attorney Mark T. Garber agreed during a hearing Thursday in the 15th Judicial District Court not to speak to the media about the case.

The arrangement nullified a motion earlier this month by Garber for 15th District Judge Kristian Earles to impose a gag order. ...